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CVE-2010-0842 in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25, and 1.3.1_27…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-0867

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.7%
EPSS 77.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25, and 1.3.1_27 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is an uncontrolled array index that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MIDI file with a crafted MixerSequencer object, related to the GM_Song structure.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0574RHSA-2010:0489RHSA-2010:0383RHSA-2010:0471RHSA-2010:0586RHSA-2010:0338

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0842 updated cvss 7.5

JDK multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4.7.z Extras java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4.7.z Extras java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0471
  • Red Hat RHEL 4 AS for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm-sap 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-src 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-demo 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-javacomm 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8 Red Hat RHEL 5 Server for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm-sap 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-src 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-demo 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-javacomm 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0586
  • Red Hat RHEL Supplementary (v. 5.2.Z server) java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el5 Red Hat RHEL Supplementary (v. 5.3.Z server) java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/java_mixer_sequencer)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

77.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.